Mid$(Function)

Fetches a part of the character string.

Mid$ (<Character String>,<Starting Position>,<No. of Characters>)

Parameters

<Character String>	The Character String to be extracted (character type).
<Starting Position>	The position to begin extraction (integer type).
<No. of Characters>	The number of characters to be extracted (integer type).

Return Value

The character string taken out.

Description

Fetches the <No. of Characters> from within the <Character String> starting from the specified <Starting Position>.

Specify the range of the <No. of Characters> of the character string from 1 from the extraction starting position.

The value of the <Starting Position> and the <No. of Characters> must be 1 or more.

The value of the <Starting Position> must be less than the length of the <Character String>.

Specify the number of characters to extract from the character string in <No.of Characters>.

When the <No. of Characters> is greater than the <No. of Characters> to the right of the <Starting Position>, the entire character string to the right of <Starting Position> is extracted.

Example

    INPUTSTR$="ABCDEFG"
    OUTPUTSTR1$=Mid$(INPUTSTR$, 2, 4)
    OUTPUTSTR2$=Mid$(INPUTSTR$, 3, 8)

The result is as follows:
OUTPUTSTR1$="BCDE"
OUTPUTSTR2$="CDEFG"